#244B8A#244B8A

#244B8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.114 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244B8A
RGB	rgb(36, 75, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 9.15, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 40.20, 283.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% -0.0206 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.114 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8294, 7.2414, 25.0249)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244B8A #8A6324

analogous

#247E8A #244B8A #30248A

triadic

#244B8A #8A244B #4B8A24

tetradic

#244B8A #8A247E #8A6324 #248A30

square

#244B8A #8A247E #8A6324 #248A30

split-complementary

#244B8A #8A3024 #7E8A24

monochromatic

#0B1629 #173159 #244B8A #3165BB #5685D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#244B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#244B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244B8A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244B8A	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C518C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 75, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.114 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cac',
    500: '#244b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244b8a;
$custom-light: #6d7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.059,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41962,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244B8A

secondary

#B79153

accent

#A646E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244B8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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